Wow! Another MOPO exclusive. What a great story. Greg Douglass ---- Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > That is totally cool Dave... > > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:50:08 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Some information about the Star Wars Style D one sheet > To: [email protected] > > We recently received some Printer's Proofs from Charlie White. He was the > original poster designer along with Drew Struzan for the Star Wars Style D > one sheet.The information below is straight from Charlie White himself, > January 2016:"In April 1977, I was approached by 20th Century Fox to develop > a poster for the upcoming film “Star Wars.” I hadn’t yet heard anything about > it, and wondered if it would be a low brow sci-fi B movie. They asked me to > attend a screening at the Academy Theater, and I was totally captivated. I > couldn’t stop talking about it. > As I remember George Lucas wanted a vintage 40s look and style, which suited > me well. There being only a brief couple months before the film’s theatrical > release, though, time was pretty short to do the work. > I was a fan of the album cover art by the talented Drew Struzan. So I hired > him to work on the portraiture while I created the overall design and > illustrated the rest of the piece. We presented a pencil sketch to George > (unheard of in the movie business, in which the routine was to present a > number of fully finished pieces from which studios would choose). He approved > it immediately. However, we had only 10 days to produce the final artwork. > For some reason, we were allowed to design our own Star Wars logo, so this > poster is unique in that respect. The lettering was done by Chuck Smitt. > When we delivered the finished art we were told there wasn’t enough room for > copy - a not so little detail that had escaped attention when we initially > showed the sketch. Necessity being the mother of invention, I came up with > the idea to make it look like a poster already pasted on a wall, with a torn > edge at the bottom. The extra space also allowed for the inclusion of Obi Wan > Kenobi, whose presence gave added dimension and context to the piece. > When I was at the printers on the press checks I was able to get a package of > posters. I had the color bars removed because I didn't want to have to cut > them. > It has been a privilege to be a part of Star Wars history, and to have made a > significant contribution at the very beginning." > > -- >
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